Mind-boggling

Qur'aanic Verse 51:7:

Transliteration:

7. Waalssama-i thati alhubuki

Translation:

7. By the heaven full of perfectly defined pathways²

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2. One might well have seen a circus artiste keeping onlookers spellbound with his artistry of playing with 3 or 4 balls with his two hands continuously for a few minutes without the balls crashing against one another or without their being floored. But the artiste is a human being after all. He can sustain the show only for a limited period of time and with imited number of balls. But consider the superhuman Artiste Who has been sustaining such a Show for an infinitely long time now and with innumerable balls [heavenly bodies] billions of times bigger than the poor circus artiste can ever handle. We are witness to this Show day in and day out without being ever spellbound by it or without ever giving recognition to the Great Artiste! The Show is brought about by the interplay of innumerable centripetal and centrifugal forces. The mathematical precision with which this is done is simply mind-boggling.

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The above is an extract from yet-to-be-published Qur'aanic Studies Manzil VII.

Mohammad Shafi

The Qur'aan

Qur'aanic Verse 47:24:

Transiteration:

24. Afala yatadabbaroona alqur-ana am AAala quloobin aqfaluha

Transation:

24. Why do they not, then, ponder over this Qur’aan? Or are there locks upon their minds to keep it [Qur’aan] out? ³

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3. Pease view this video in this context – or another. There are many more such videos availabe on youtube.com. You may also go through my article wherein it is explained how the Qur’aan virtually mentions blood circulation by means of which human body is grown and maintained. The Qur’aan discloses this hundreds of years before scientists discovered it!

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The above is an extract from yet-to-be-published Qur'aanic Studies Manzil VI.

Mohammad Shafi

The Atheist

The Atheist

Who made the clock on the wall?

Or who made the tennis ball?

The atheist has no hesitation

That these are things of creation

Who then created the earth?

None, he answers without mirth

And who did create universe so vast

That its enormity makes man aghast?

No, no, none, cries the atheist

I believe in God, not the least

The earth, the universe, just happened all

God is a creation of minds small

When told: every effect does have a cause

The atheist asks, after a pause:

Who created God then

And who created God's creator, and when?

A beginning does have every effect

If you, O atheist, would but reflect!

But God - an effect He is not

He has no beginning slot

HE always has been and always will be

HE is not a creature like honeybee

If God be there, the atheist says,

Why games of cruelty He plays?

Why are innocents cruelly killed

While poor suffer, coffers of rich get filled?

The atheist speaks like frog in well

On questions unknown does he dwell

What knows he about things outside

His narrow well-view, worldwide

What knows he about child that dies

In distant land, or why there a woman cries

Individually, or collectively, no man

Knows the reasons fully, nor can

Reasons are known to one Entity

And to none else, of a certainty

That Entity is the Creator of all

Whom the atheist doesn't call

Poor fellow's bound to have a great fall

For, refused he has to open

Basic objective of life human.

Mohammad Shafi

Story of Earth

Qur'aanic Verses 41:9 & 41:10:

Transliterations:

9. Qul a-innakum latakfuroona biallathee khalaqa al-arda fee yawmayni watajAAaloona lahu andadanthalika rabbu alAAalameena

10. WajaAAala feeha rawasiya min fawqiha wabaraka feeha waqaddara feeha aqwataha fee arbaAAati ayyamin sawaan lilssa-ileena

Translations:

9. Say, “Do you really deny Him Who created the earth in two spans of time, and set up equals to Him – Him, the Lord of all the worlds!?”

10. And, in four spans of time, He placed firm mountains rising above its surface, blessed it with plenty and growth, and ingrained within itself its provisions, sufficient for all needs.³ 

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3. Readers may like to go through The Story of Earth in 10 parts on YouTube. It is fascinating. Although the authors of the videos fail to mention it, the meticulous divine Hand behind creation of the earth ought to be apparent to the believers.

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The above is an extract from yet-to-be-published Qur'aanic Studies Manzil VI.

Mohammad Shafi

Get Not Deceived

Qur'aanic Verse 40:4:

 

Transliteration:

 

 

4 Ma yujadilu fee ayati Allahi illa allatheena kafaroo fala yaghrurka taqallubuhum fee albiladi

 

 

Translation:

 

 

4. No one calls Allah’s Verses in question, but those who suppress the Truth! Hence, let not their activity among the populace deceive you.²

 

 

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2. It 0ften happens that the wicked and the cruel people in this world have the upper hand. Despite their crimes against humanity, they continue apparently to enjoy life. To take an example on a macro level from history, Hitler had undoubtedly an upper hand for many years initially in World War II. He seemed invincible against his opponents all around him. But in the end he had to suffer an ignominious defeat and death. The believers have to take heart from this historical piece from our recent past. History abounds in such examples. And I have no doubt every believer has experienced in their personal lives such examples of bad persons having bad ends. But personal experiences are not necessarily definitive in character. The person experiencing or witnessing them does not always have the whole story revealed to him. The person is likely therefore to be deceived. To him or her, crime apparently goes unpunished most of the times. A believer however remains steadfast in believing that Allah Almighty is watching every minute thing everywhere and that justice is bound to be done whatever the apparent position for now. One other thing that ought to be remembered in this context is that an atheist is not likely to be punished in this world if that atheist behaves justly with all his fellow citizens here. His punishment for his disbelief in Allah is reserved for the Hereafter.

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The above is an extract from Qur'aanic Studies Manzil VI.

 

Mohammad Shafi